Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Thursday, July 20 th, 2006
Good morning…
I feel very tired, and have no wish to talk or write. But what calamities are happening in Iraq should be talked about, and I feel it my duty to take the responsibility of talking for what is happening to the Iraqis, from my point of view, and my readings of the daily reality there.
Those Iraqis like me, who were forced by the bad security conditions, which threatened their families directly by kidnapping or killing, had to leave Iraq and live in different exiles.
The days pass very heavily upon us, each day like a year…
And in the countries were Iraqis reside, there is: security, settlement, water, electricity, and fuel…
But we live like strangers........
For who can compensate us for the homeland we were forced to leave?
And what about the Iraqis who have no ability to leave?
They remained there; enduring, suffering fear, terror, and the threat of death, every hour of every day…
When will the suffering Iraq and the Iraqis end?
I do not think there is naught who knows the answer…
Even the American administration who waged the war, doesn't know the answer. For they flounder in their stupidity and the Iraqi swamp, about which they didn't quiet grasp the truth, until they sunk in it…
And now, that failure of an administration is stumbling, not knowing how to solve the problems of Iraq and save the Iraqis, and doesn't even know how to save its own face in the dilemma in which it is… the foolish Bush doesn't stop giving lying, empty speeches, which are worst than those of the Arab leaders at the times of defeat; full of lies, and stories of imaginary victories…
He says he will not withdraw the armies from Iraq until the mission is complete.
I do want someone to ask him: Sir, what is the mission you want to accomplish in Iraq for three years now? And how much of it did you finish?
The destruction of Iraq, and killing more Iraqis?
Is this the mission?
Or to achieve freedom, democracy, transparency, and all that empty talk the world grew bored from hearing, and especially the Iraqis?
Tell him: you destroyed Iraq and killed its people, you fool, and you still sing of victory? The reputation of your army is stained by scandals; from the Abu Ghareeb prison, to the white Phosphorate in Fallujah, the massacre of Hadeetha, to the story of the teenage girl; Abeer Al-Janabi, who was raped by the American soldiers and killed with her family, to tens, or maybe hundreds of black stories unannounced till now…
An army whose reputation is stained with shame, an administration consisting of criminals and fools, and those claim they are manufacturing a new Iraq, to become a model for the Middle East states.
What model criminals and fools like those will create?
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For almost a month, the Iraqis started leaving Iraq in a more intensive way, by the end of schools and university terms, and the beginning of the summer holiday for their children… and here in Amman I always meet new faces, or relatives and friends from Iraq, to hear new varied stories that the news media do not broadcast…
On the next day of my return from Umrah, I read a break- news item on one of the Iraqi channels that there are armed gangs attacking the public marketplace in Al-Jihad district, killing innocent civilians after checking their ID cards…
We used to live in Al-Jihad district during the last war on Iraq; the area is mixed, like many others in Baghdad, and I cannot tell who of my neighbors is the Shia'at and who is the Sunnie. We are all Iraqis who lived together through the good times and the bad times, so, where did all this evil talk come from?
The Iraqis call these sorts of subjects: after-the-occupation-culture.
A poisonous, deformed, lying culture…
I went to the phone and called Baghdad. The line rang in one of my neighbor's house's there. I knew they were Sunnies, because they were from Fallujah. Then a strange voice answered me. I asked him about the people of the house. He said they were fine, that he was their neighbor guarding the house, and that they left yesterday to Fallujah…
In one way, my heart felt relieved because they were not killed by the gangs, but from another I felt sad for them; for how does it feel for someone to be forced to leave his house to that of a relative's, because some frantic militia entered the area?
And a Shia'at neighbor guards the house of an evicted Sunnie neighbor?
Isn't this a comedy?
The neighbors cry for one another, and the militia that comes from outside the area brings along poison, death and destruction to the civilian residents?
Who finances these killers?
And for whose benefit do they work?
Some 50 civilians; women, men, and children of that neighborhood were the victims of that day in Al-Jihad district.
The government was confused, opinions contradicted, and ministers and parliament members clashed, trying to pin the responsibility on someone's head?
Some said they were militias from within the Interior Ministry; sectarian militias carrying out an agenda to destroy Iraq and rip its unity apart, and it is beyond the control of the Iraqi government.
And the Iraqis were baffled; is this a militia backed by Iran, the occupation, or by another enemy in the region who wants to tear Iraq apart?
But nobody claimed responsibility for that crime.
And for sure the American newspapers and other media said it was a sectarian fighting, to justify the presence of the occupation army in Iraq, and not to schedule its withdrawal…
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On the next day, a similar disaster happened in Al-Doora District, south of Baghdad. Some militias erected false roadblocks, read people's names in the ID cards, and killed those with evident Sunnie names, like Omar or Othman…
And in Al-Ghazalia, the same thing has been happening for months. The Shia'at families evicted their houses. Someone must have told them to. And the majority that remained are of Sunnie families, so, the area was shelled with mortars, and innocent civilians died. Then the shops and markets were stormed repeatedly, with random killings in broad daylight, until the area died. The shops closed. Even the baker's shop…
So was the case in Al-Ameriyah….
And in Al-Khadra'a District…
And from Al-Khadra'a, my friend told me that the occupation forces distributed referendum papers among the residents, asking: Do you want the guarding forces in the area to be American forces, or local Iraqis?
And the neighbors, of course, after the disasters they faced by the transgressions of the Iraqi police and their fierce behaviors with people, the random raids and detentions, hated that local police, and wished that the occupation forces would remain to guard them…
What a comedy…
The Iraqis demanding that the occupation forces should remain and protect the residential areas, because the local police are corrupt and unjust…
Well then who trained this new police force?
Aren't the occupation forces responsible for the training of the new army police force in Iraq?
Is this the policy required to be followed in Iraq? Let the Iraqis torture their fellow citizens, so the citizens would turn to the occupation asking them to stay…
Does this theory apply for the reason of the existence of these criminal militias on the Iraqi streets, so the Iraqis would call for help from the occupation? So the occupation can keep on justifying its presence in Iraq?
And a question: If the Iraqis would have remained united and in harmony, as they have been all their former lives, then what are the chances for a foreign occupation force to remain on the Iraqi soil?
The answer is: Nil.
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And the series goes on; a trapped car in Al-Sadder city, for example, kills tens of Iraqi Shia'ats. Then it is followed by an attack on Sunnie mosques, and then followed by the killing of a number of Sunnie Iraqis, and so on…
The Iraqis are in agreement that the hands messing around in Iraq are one and the same… the hands that are blowing the Shia'at mosques are the same that blow the Sunnie mosques, the hand that sends a trapped car to a Shia'at neighborhood is the same that sends a trapped car to a Sunnie neighborhood, and the armed gangs that attack innocent civilians, Sunnies and Shia'ats alike, are gangs from one source, and are financed by one source.
And the question is: Who reaps the benefits of all this chaos and bloodshed?
Is there any one Iraqi Party or any Iraqi Formation which achieved any gains from all this?
It is evident that everyone are losers, and everyone is shouting and wailing under the Parliament's roof; the Shia'at members cry and complain of what befell their people, and so are the Sunnie members, angry and complaining about what befell their people.
Well then, who is the winner out of the Iraqi bloodshed? Who is the winner out of demolishing the trust among the Iraqis? who is the winner out of shredding all attempts at national reconciliation among the Iraqis?
Iran?
Israel?
Or the occupation?
These are usually the three suspects for more than three years now, for what is taking place in Iraq; the calamities, the killings, the devastation, bloodshed, assassinations, and sectarian provocation.
It is in the interest of these to destroy Iraq, tearing it apart so it would remain weak, and not threaten their interests…
They all agreed upon one goal: a torn, weak, divided Iraq…
***************************
Today I watched an interview on the Iraqi TV channels, with some heads of parliamentary blocs who spoke about the National Reconciliation, about rejecting the idea of a civil war, it being a made-up notion that some people want to market on to the media, to achieve their own ends…
The head of the Parliament spoke; criticizing the occupation, saying that we shall unite, for the occupation is defeated, and when we will unite, it will be more so…
Whoever propagates for civil war is someone who wants the occupation to remain…
And we want the occupation to leave Iraq…
We will do all that is in our power to unite the Iraqis. We know that our enemy wants the opposite, and that is our battle…
My heart swelled with hope, as I saw them all on screen…..
******************
I prayed to God to unite the Iraqis' hearts…
To unite the Iraqis' ranks…
To defeat the militias of crime, and whoever feeds them… by the will of God, may they get defeat, and shame…
May the Iraqis get victory, after their patience and sacrifices…
By the will of God, we shall get back to our homes, our neighbors, and loved ones.
That peace shall reign in our cities, villages, and streets.
That we shall see Iraq as one; united, liberated of any occupation, and any collaborating crows.
That the Iraqis' dreams shall be fulfilled soon, soon, soon.
Amen…..
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Good morning…
I feel very tired, and have no wish to talk or write. But what calamities are happening in Iraq should be talked about, and I feel it my duty to take the responsibility of talking for what is happening to the Iraqis, from my point of view, and my readings of the daily reality there.
Those Iraqis like me, who were forced by the bad security conditions, which threatened their families directly by kidnapping or killing, had to leave Iraq and live in different exiles.
The days pass very heavily upon us, each day like a year…
And in the countries were Iraqis reside, there is: security, settlement, water, electricity, and fuel…
But we live like strangers........
For who can compensate us for the homeland we were forced to leave?
And what about the Iraqis who have no ability to leave?
They remained there; enduring, suffering fear, terror, and the threat of death, every hour of every day…
When will the suffering Iraq and the Iraqis end?
I do not think there is naught who knows the answer…
Even the American administration who waged the war, doesn't know the answer. For they flounder in their stupidity and the Iraqi swamp, about which they didn't quiet grasp the truth, until they sunk in it…
And now, that failure of an administration is stumbling, not knowing how to solve the problems of Iraq and save the Iraqis, and doesn't even know how to save its own face in the dilemma in which it is… the foolish Bush doesn't stop giving lying, empty speeches, which are worst than those of the Arab leaders at the times of defeat; full of lies, and stories of imaginary victories…
He says he will not withdraw the armies from Iraq until the mission is complete.
I do want someone to ask him: Sir, what is the mission you want to accomplish in Iraq for three years now? And how much of it did you finish?
The destruction of Iraq, and killing more Iraqis?
Is this the mission?
Or to achieve freedom, democracy, transparency, and all that empty talk the world grew bored from hearing, and especially the Iraqis?
Tell him: you destroyed Iraq and killed its people, you fool, and you still sing of victory? The reputation of your army is stained by scandals; from the Abu Ghareeb prison, to the white Phosphorate in Fallujah, the massacre of Hadeetha, to the story of the teenage girl; Abeer Al-Janabi, who was raped by the American soldiers and killed with her family, to tens, or maybe hundreds of black stories unannounced till now…
An army whose reputation is stained with shame, an administration consisting of criminals and fools, and those claim they are manufacturing a new Iraq, to become a model for the Middle East states.
What model criminals and fools like those will create?
****************************************************
For almost a month, the Iraqis started leaving Iraq in a more intensive way, by the end of schools and university terms, and the beginning of the summer holiday for their children… and here in Amman I always meet new faces, or relatives and friends from Iraq, to hear new varied stories that the news media do not broadcast…
On the next day of my return from Umrah, I read a break- news item on one of the Iraqi channels that there are armed gangs attacking the public marketplace in Al-Jihad district, killing innocent civilians after checking their ID cards…
We used to live in Al-Jihad district during the last war on Iraq; the area is mixed, like many others in Baghdad, and I cannot tell who of my neighbors is the Shia'at and who is the Sunnie. We are all Iraqis who lived together through the good times and the bad times, so, where did all this evil talk come from?
The Iraqis call these sorts of subjects: after-the-occupation-culture.
A poisonous, deformed, lying culture…
I went to the phone and called Baghdad. The line rang in one of my neighbor's house's there. I knew they were Sunnies, because they were from Fallujah. Then a strange voice answered me. I asked him about the people of the house. He said they were fine, that he was their neighbor guarding the house, and that they left yesterday to Fallujah…
In one way, my heart felt relieved because they were not killed by the gangs, but from another I felt sad for them; for how does it feel for someone to be forced to leave his house to that of a relative's, because some frantic militia entered the area?
And a Shia'at neighbor guards the house of an evicted Sunnie neighbor?
Isn't this a comedy?
The neighbors cry for one another, and the militia that comes from outside the area brings along poison, death and destruction to the civilian residents?
Who finances these killers?
And for whose benefit do they work?
Some 50 civilians; women, men, and children of that neighborhood were the victims of that day in Al-Jihad district.
The government was confused, opinions contradicted, and ministers and parliament members clashed, trying to pin the responsibility on someone's head?
Some said they were militias from within the Interior Ministry; sectarian militias carrying out an agenda to destroy Iraq and rip its unity apart, and it is beyond the control of the Iraqi government.
And the Iraqis were baffled; is this a militia backed by Iran, the occupation, or by another enemy in the region who wants to tear Iraq apart?
But nobody claimed responsibility for that crime.
And for sure the American newspapers and other media said it was a sectarian fighting, to justify the presence of the occupation army in Iraq, and not to schedule its withdrawal…
******************************
On the next day, a similar disaster happened in Al-Doora District, south of Baghdad. Some militias erected false roadblocks, read people's names in the ID cards, and killed those with evident Sunnie names, like Omar or Othman…
And in Al-Ghazalia, the same thing has been happening for months. The Shia'at families evicted their houses. Someone must have told them to. And the majority that remained are of Sunnie families, so, the area was shelled with mortars, and innocent civilians died. Then the shops and markets were stormed repeatedly, with random killings in broad daylight, until the area died. The shops closed. Even the baker's shop…
So was the case in Al-Ameriyah….
And in Al-Khadra'a District…
And from Al-Khadra'a, my friend told me that the occupation forces distributed referendum papers among the residents, asking: Do you want the guarding forces in the area to be American forces, or local Iraqis?
And the neighbors, of course, after the disasters they faced by the transgressions of the Iraqi police and their fierce behaviors with people, the random raids and detentions, hated that local police, and wished that the occupation forces would remain to guard them…
What a comedy…
The Iraqis demanding that the occupation forces should remain and protect the residential areas, because the local police are corrupt and unjust…
Well then who trained this new police force?
Aren't the occupation forces responsible for the training of the new army police force in Iraq?
Is this the policy required to be followed in Iraq? Let the Iraqis torture their fellow citizens, so the citizens would turn to the occupation asking them to stay…
Does this theory apply for the reason of the existence of these criminal militias on the Iraqi streets, so the Iraqis would call for help from the occupation? So the occupation can keep on justifying its presence in Iraq?
And a question: If the Iraqis would have remained united and in harmony, as they have been all their former lives, then what are the chances for a foreign occupation force to remain on the Iraqi soil?
The answer is: Nil.
***********************************
And the series goes on; a trapped car in Al-Sadder city, for example, kills tens of Iraqi Shia'ats. Then it is followed by an attack on Sunnie mosques, and then followed by the killing of a number of Sunnie Iraqis, and so on…
The Iraqis are in agreement that the hands messing around in Iraq are one and the same… the hands that are blowing the Shia'at mosques are the same that blow the Sunnie mosques, the hand that sends a trapped car to a Shia'at neighborhood is the same that sends a trapped car to a Sunnie neighborhood, and the armed gangs that attack innocent civilians, Sunnies and Shia'ats alike, are gangs from one source, and are financed by one source.
And the question is: Who reaps the benefits of all this chaos and bloodshed?
Is there any one Iraqi Party or any Iraqi Formation which achieved any gains from all this?
It is evident that everyone are losers, and everyone is shouting and wailing under the Parliament's roof; the Shia'at members cry and complain of what befell their people, and so are the Sunnie members, angry and complaining about what befell their people.
Well then, who is the winner out of the Iraqi bloodshed? Who is the winner out of demolishing the trust among the Iraqis? who is the winner out of shredding all attempts at national reconciliation among the Iraqis?
Iran?
Israel?
Or the occupation?
These are usually the three suspects for more than three years now, for what is taking place in Iraq; the calamities, the killings, the devastation, bloodshed, assassinations, and sectarian provocation.
It is in the interest of these to destroy Iraq, tearing it apart so it would remain weak, and not threaten their interests…
They all agreed upon one goal: a torn, weak, divided Iraq…
***************************
Today I watched an interview on the Iraqi TV channels, with some heads of parliamentary blocs who spoke about the National Reconciliation, about rejecting the idea of a civil war, it being a made-up notion that some people want to market on to the media, to achieve their own ends…
The head of the Parliament spoke; criticizing the occupation, saying that we shall unite, for the occupation is defeated, and when we will unite, it will be more so…
Whoever propagates for civil war is someone who wants the occupation to remain…
And we want the occupation to leave Iraq…
We will do all that is in our power to unite the Iraqis. We know that our enemy wants the opposite, and that is our battle…
My heart swelled with hope, as I saw them all on screen…..
******************
I prayed to God to unite the Iraqis' hearts…
To unite the Iraqis' ranks…
To defeat the militias of crime, and whoever feeds them… by the will of God, may they get defeat, and shame…
May the Iraqis get victory, after their patience and sacrifices…
By the will of God, we shall get back to our homes, our neighbors, and loved ones.
That peace shall reign in our cities, villages, and streets.
That we shall see Iraq as one; united, liberated of any occupation, and any collaborating crows.
That the Iraqis' dreams shall be fulfilled soon, soon, soon.
Amen…..
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# posted by Faiza Al-Araji @ 10:55 am 
